Chapter 405: In the last two days, we arrived in Rapid City!
"Wait a minute, I am the chief knight of Countess Malika! You can't..."
Before the knight in the white brocade robe finished speaking, he was A bolt of lightning struck him directly in the head.
The electric current roasted the brain along the forehead, and penetrated into the ground along the spine. The hairs of several soldiers passing nearby suddenly stood up.
Walking past the straight chief knight in this life, Jeanne’s iron boots made a crisp sound as she stepped on the steps made of huge stones.
This Tissen town is the only way to Rapids City. It has a small population of six to seven hundred people and mainly relies on receiving cargo ships.
Jeanne was standing on the stone platform beside the pier in Thyssen Town. A cool breeze blew from the Nauan River, lifting Jeanna's dark hair with light gold.
In the howling of the wind, she heard a strange trumpeting sound.
In the pier and the houses on both sides, the townspeople held their breath and observed the river through the gaps in the windows.
The setting sun dyes half of the Naoan River into luminous red satin, and the cedar bow is like a long knife cutting through the white waves in the red silk, rolling up splashing foam.
Cool water vapor followed the foam and rose into the sky. The bow of the ship swayed up and down, slowly approaching from a distance.
Cargo ship... Cargo ship... Still a cargo ship!
The oars rotate like centipedes, and nearly a hundred boats are like a giant beast crawling in the river.
The white sails were close together, instigating the monsoon wind coming from the south, and the invisible hands pushed the ship forward until it docked at the dock of Tissen Town.
“Hi hi hi hi!”
Amidst the shouts, seven or eight anchors were pulled by the sailors of Xiaochi City and jumped into the water. They swam and held the anchors forward.
Until I climbed up to the pier, stuck an iron anchor as thick as a human hand on the anchor frame, and then wrapped the chain around it.
The chain made a clattering sound first, and then a harsh squeaking sound.
The sails were furled, and the long ship gradually moved closer to the pier, until it lightly hit the wooden piles under the water, and the ship came to a stop.
A long board stretched out from the bow and was placed on the dock.
Wearing a simple black half-shawl priest uniform, Horn walked out casually. He looked no different from an ordinary young priest.
If he were not surrounded by halberdiers and holy gunmen.
"How is it?" Looking at the sparsely populated town, Horn looked around and then asked, "Is there anything wrong?"
"No, they didn't do anything. They didn't expect us to come." Jeanne put her hands behind her back and talked to Horn about the battle, "All twelve knights were killed and all thirty guards were captured."
" Are there any eyeliners nearby? ”
"The main roads were blocked by the hussars and North knights. Even if we ran away from the small road, the news would definitely not spread as fast as we did."
After asking a few more questions in detail, Jeanne did the best she could. Watertight.
Horn had to sigh with emotion. He asked Jeanne to do a math problem, and a number was leaked in one direction and a condition was leaked in the other. In leading troops to fight, he was self-taught and comprehensive.
Who would have thought that the daughter of a militia captain could have such a talent for war, as if she was born for war.
After asking someone to arrange accommodation, Horn stood on the dock and watched the war monks who had been traveling for a day get off the ship.
One batch after another, it seems like there is no end.
But there are only more than 6,000 people here, and there is a fleet stationed downstream in the rear.
Tissen Town definitely cannot handle more than 10,000 people, and 6,000 people are enough, so the fleet moved forward and backward in two batches.
In this expedition, Horn's army has reached the highest level in the history of the Papal State for many years.
In terms of infantry, there are eight Black Hat Regiments with 4,250 people, four Guards Regiments with 2,100 people, the Skitarii with 2,000 people, and the Koike Castle Army with 1,200 people, for a total of 9,550 people.
In terms of cavalry, there are 240 Holy Gun Cavalry, 350 Hussars, 180 North Knights, 206 Kush Knights, and 120 Koike City recruited cavalry, for a total of 1,096 people.
Horn's entire army, including sailors, actually numbered over 11,000 people. It can be said that the Salvation Army in Langsand County and the Juanoist forces in Caxia County came out in full force.
I think back then, during the Xiaonigou War, it was just a fight between a few hundred people, but now it is ten times or a hundred times more than before.
This huge army, if it were to travel entirely by water, would require a full 180 small cargo ships or 65 large cargo ships.
Since Jeanne defeated those noble coalition forces in advance, Koike City gained precious four days to mobilize ships and resources. The flight from Xiaochi City to Rapid City is about 230 kilometers.
Because it is an inland river popular boat, the speed of the boat is about 5 knots, which is equivalent to 9 kilometers per hour, and it can travel 10 or even 12 hours a day.
If everything goes well, the Salvation Army will arrive in Beechburg on the 8th day after setting off from Longsand County, 2 days earlier than scheduled.
But it is impossible to avoid accidents. In the previous incident of Koike Castle being thrown into the cellar for the first time, a large number of ships were burned or dug through in order to prevent the command company from attacking from the waterway.
After receiving Jeanne's order, the citizens of Koike City destroyed their homes and mobilized ships everywhere.
But after all, the time was too short. They tried their best to get 36 large cargo ships and 70 small cargo ships. Among them, 3 large ships and 10 small ships even had to wait until they set off.
Horn calculated that, under the premise of slowing down the speed, excluding sailors, oarsmen and baggage, this capacity can carry about 8,000 people.
After excluding 1,000 cavalry, the remaining 3,000 had to take turns with mules and horses to follow the boat.
This seriously slowed down Horn's speed. The journey that originally took two and a half days would take a full four days, or even four and a half days.
Although this is much faster than walking speed, it only offsets the time advantage brought by Jeanne's surprise attack.
If not for Jeanne's unplanned surprise attack, Horn's strategy would have gone bankrupt.
"Have you made the distribution of armor clear?" Horn turned to Jeshka, who was dizzy from vomiting and asked.
As a Norn northerner, Jeshka has never been accustomed to water, and she almost fainted while sitting on a river boat.
Reluctantly holding on to the railing and standing up, Jeshka raised her pale face: "Everything has been sorted out. Four hundred pairs of armor have been distributed. Everyone is basically satisfied."
Departure from Horn Before that, in addition to mobilizing ships and manpower, the people of Xiaochi City also mobilized a large amount of armor.
There are a total of four hundred pairs of Milanese half-armour!
This half-body armor designed by the armor-making master Milan, due to its strength and lightness, became popular in the empire within fifty years once it was launched.
This wave of armor assistance from Koike City has increased the armor coverage rate of the Salvation Army’s infantry to a terrifying 55%.
In other words, there are 6,000 main troops in the 12 regiments of the Salvation Army, and a total of 3,300 people have at least one breastplate, chainmail, or half-body armor.
The Salvation Army itself obtained a large amount of armor by liquidating churches, monasteries and nobles, totaling more than 1,000 pairs.
A large amount of armor was seized in major battles and the battle with the Imperial Company. They traveled thousands of miles, worked tirelessly, shed blood and sweat to transport nearly 1,200 pairs of armor to Horn.
After the follow-up Ashheard Town Armory Workshop was launched, a total of three batches of 500 pairs of armor were produced in six months.
The old grandmother in Jinhe Township provided 350 pairs of armors for Horn, and finally added 400 pairs of armors provided by Xiaochi City, for a total of 3580 pairs of armors.
Among them, 3,300 pairs were allocated to the infantry, 240 pairs were allocated to the Holy Gun Cavalry, ensuring that the Holy Gun Cavalry was fully armored, and the remaining 40 pairs fell on the heads of the hussars.
The 55% armor rate of this infantry is still based on the expansion of new soldiers. You must know that the 1,000 people in the two newly expanded Black Hat Legions are pure spearmen, and the number of armored soldiers is estimated to be only 180.
Horn just paid money to this new regiment, trained in discipline for a week and marched for five days, and replaced the original officers.
If these 1,000 people are really put on the battlefield, there is a high probability that they can only play drums on the edge and play the role of a fill-in baby.
The real main forces are still the old black hats and the old guards.
But even though their strength has expanded, the strength of the enemies they face has also increased.
There are two entire command companies.
Back then, they relied on multiple plans and the weather to help them defeat an order company by chance.
They are now more than double the original number. Can they defeat two command companies?
I stood on the pier and watched for a long time, until the lights gradually rose, and Horn spoke again.
"How long until we can get to Beechburg?"
"Tomorrow." Jeanne said firmly, "We will definitely arrive by tomorrow evening at the latest!"
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"If you arrive in Beechburg tomorrow, you will arrive in Rapid City on July 22nd." Horn murmured, "July 22nd...July 22nd...July 22nd!"
(End of Chapter)